Telegram-herald., 1887-06-28
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boys and men. Tie pFopraetofs woaia =
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cFowd ssn these paddles were thFes nems
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turned and tlle nnlnher that the hand oa
she wheel pointed 70, whea the wheel
stopped. wss the one that won 81 which
sum ives paid 10 the lucky man oT boz, and
the same game played over again. Nsfook
out our watch and timed tie opersElon.
The twelve chips OF paddles were s0id. the
wheel turned. aud the dollar paid over ia
one minutes unt1 thus the proprietors
were making - cents every minute cut q
this gaping. wondering crowd. most all Of
whom were workers IN and around mills.
Ii wss then nearly 10 O'Clock and II
the game had been going on st that
rate for ten hourt and We were in-
formed that IL had. these gamblers bad
taken $40 out Of those people and given
nothing IN return We turned away from
this spectacle and weEt 10 the dance bower.
Here we saw q beer-soaked bissphemo1s
crowd OF men and boys. rudsiy squss-inr
women of all ages. in mary whifl Ia the
dim and dismal hxh. OF greasy Tin Ian
tern and Chinese paper globe with tai
low candle in IL. Every now and then the
partner" would be left dancing alone.
while the male companion stepped 10 one
side. not ter feet away, 10 brazenly and
shamelessly attend 10 natures demands ia
full view OF the crowd, or to slake bis thirst
az the beer counter near by, or perchance 10
engage in profsue alteration with other
drunken men who were scramblsng and
pressing forward 10 I'll up with fosminF
liquid. Every immoral and low
expression that is heard among
the most vicious and depFaved classes.
out reserve. IN all directions from the
bower could be seen males and females OF
all ages, standing around in the bushes
sitting on logs or reclining sgainst stnmps,
surrounded by such total darkness that
even the human forms could hardly be dis
linguished Wo stood in one place. near
the bower. and counted as many as sittv-
seven boys who were certainly all under
twelve years of are, smoking cigarettes
swearing or laughing and joking and look
ing on, or participating in the disgrscefaI
and demorallziug incidents Of the occasion.
There were not less than six or seven hun
dred people in and about these dsns Of
gambling, drinking and dancing. Walking
over to the beer booth. there were from hfty
to one hundred people. including some
women, wrsngling, qusrreling yelling.
swearing, and almost fighting in front OF
the bar, while two Of Manistees policemen.
in full uniform, stood around. part Of the
tirne leaning against the bar. quietly watch
ing the carousing aud the violation OF The
law, and the balance Of the time endeavor.
inx 10 prevent a drunken and iufuriaied
Polander from doing bodily harm 90 those
by whom he was surrounded.
This is the picture which any citizen can
see in that place any Sunday, from about
ten O'Clock in the forenoon until eleven
O'Clock at night"